Family fury over Moat TV drama
Victim’s sister We’re still in trauma
Horrified relatives of one of Raoul Moat’s victims have slammed a new ITV drama about the crazed killer.
Moat gunned down his ex Samantha Stobbart, her new boyfriend and a PC – eventually shooting himself after Britain’s biggest manhunt in 2010.
ITV claims The Hunt For Raoul Moat will be one of the year’s biggest dramas when it is broadcast this month.
But last night Samantha’s sister Kelly, 40, said: “We’re lucky our Sam survived. ITV don’t realise the impact this wi l l have on the people involved. It still gives me nightmares
and I suffer
PTSD. I’m so sick of hearing Raoul’s name and I’m so sick of him being on TV. I hate seeing his face on social media and having to read all the comments people make about Sam.
“So many people blame her for what happened on social media and troll her. This is something we can never forget but we would like to move on.”
Sam’s other sister Claire also hit back at the TV drama.
She wrote on social media: “It’s always the same, every year they’re trying to make a few quid. Dramas, documentaries. By 2030, it’ll be a film.”
Samantha, who had a daughter with Moat, was critically ill after he blasted her in the stomach and considered suicide.
Moat is played by Bodyguard star Matthew Stokoe in the three-part drama.
The 37-year- old cop-hating bouncer began his killing spree in Gateshead two days after leaving Durham jail, where he served an 18-week sentence for assaulting a nine-year- old relative.
He killed his ex’s boyfriend Chris Brown and then turned his shotgun on her before going on the run for six days.
He shot traffic cop David Rathband twice as he sat in his patrol car – blinding him. The PC later killed himself.
After a stand-off with cops, Moat shot himself in the head.